EMANA French Adjectives Mini Quiz

1. What is an adjective?

• A noun that describes a verb
• A verb that describes a pronoun
• A part of speech, a word that describes a noun or pronoun
• A word that describes an adverb

2. What type of qualifying French adjective is used in the following sentence? La vie est belle.

• Attribut

• Comparatif

• Superlatif

• Épithète

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'Attribut' because the French adjective 'belle' is used as an attributive adjective in the sentence 'La vie est belle.' This means that 'belle' is positioned IMMEDIATELY AFTER the stative verb 'est'.

3. Identify the correct spelling of the adjective in the sentence: La marchandise n’est plus________.

• chers
• chère
• cheres
• chères

4. From the options that follow, choose the option that best completes the following sentence: Le _______ bâtiment appartient au PDG (The tall building belongs to the CEO.)

• grand
• grands
• grande
• grandes

5. Read the following sentence and choose the option that gives the adjective type, gender and number: L’éducation peut assurer une belle vie. (Education can ensure a beautiful life.)

• Attribut, masculin, pluriel
• Épithète, féminin, singulier
• Attribut, masculin, singulier
• Épithète, féminin, pluriel

6. Read the following sentence and choose the option that gives the underlined adjective type, gender and number: La remise des prix est une partie préférée du jeu. (The award of prizes is a favorite part of the game.)

• Attribut, masculin, pluriel
• Épithète, féminin, singulier
• Attribut, masculin, singulier
• Épithète, féminin, pluriel

7. From the options below, choose the correct grammatical order for describing qualifying adjectives to describe the adjective that is in bold text in the following sentence: Pourquoi y a-t-il une petite bouteille d’eau sur la table près de l’ordinateur? Il faut l’enlever pour ne pas verser de l’eau sur l’ordinateur par erreur. (Why is there a small bottle of water on the table near the computer? Remove it so as not to pour water on the computer by mistake.)

• Attribut, positif, masculin, épithète, pluriel
• Adjectif qualificatif, épithète, féminin, singulier, positif.
• Adjectif qualificatif, attribut, féminin, singulier, positif
• Adjectif qualificatif, attribut, masculin, singulier, positif

8. Choose the option with the correct placement of adjectives:

• La fille jeune et intelligente jolie a réussi comme toujours.
• La jeune fille jolie intelligente a réussi comme toujours.
• La jolie jeune fille intelligente a réussi comme toujours.
• L’intelligente jolie jeune fille a réussi comme toujours.

Answer explanation

In French, short, frequently-used adjectives that belong to the BAGS categories: B for beauty, A for Age, G for goodness, and S for size) are placed before the noun they qualify. But longer adjectives are usually placed after the noun they qualify. Exceptions to the BAGS rule in the Beauty category are laid/laide and affreux/affreuse, in the Age category âgé/âgée, and in the goodness category méchant/méchante (all of them agreeing with their plural noun forms respectively.

For more, see https://www.dummies.com/article/academics-the-arts/language-language-arts/learning-languages/french/how-to-place-of-french-adjectives-correctly-166593/

9. Identify the adjective in the following sentence: Nous avons terminé le projet la semaine dernière. (We completed the project last week.)

• semaine
• terminé
• dernière
• projet